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On November 30th, 2016, more than 100,000 people around the world contributed to a suite of first-of-a-kind quantum physics experiments known as The BIG Bell Test. Using smartphones and other internet-connected devices, ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk is dating musician Grimes, apparently because of a shared love of nerdy puns.

Donald Trump didn't like the Iran deal's 2031 deadline, but by then we will have the tech to continue keeping a lid on Iran's - and others' - nuclear ambitions

The late physicist Stephen Hawking made a huge contribution to cosmology during his lifetime, but he didn't quite manage to resolve all the mysteries of the universe. Now one of the last papers he ever worked on has been...

According to researchers, Alzheimer's disease may be more prevalent in women, not simply because they live longer on average, but due to the APOE E4 gene. Researchers found the APOE association was greater for women in t...

A study to be presented at the 175th Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America reports virtual reality technology may help us better understand how we make sense of the world with sound.

While translational research can happen at any stage of the research process, a recent investigation of behavioral and social science research awards granted by the NIH between 2008 and 2014 revealed that applied science...

Scientists report on novel imaging technology for malignant brain tumors.

Depression in older adults may be linked to memory problems, according to new research. The study also showed that older people with greater symptoms of depression may have structural differences in the brain compared to...

For those with treatment resistant depression, a new study reports ECT may not only be the most effective treatment, but also the most cost effective.

This picture is of an Edith's checkerspot butterfly laying her eggs on some blue-eyed Mary, the plant usually eaten by its caterpillars. This week's Nature, however, describes the fate of a population of the insect in Ne...

Humans have neurons called "grid cells" that help us find our way as we navigate our surroundings. DeepMind's AI has developed something similar as it learned to navigate a maze

Water shortages are a huge problem for Chinese agriculture, so the country has just begun the world's largest ever weather control experiment

Different Parkinson's-related brain disorders, called synucleionpathies, are characterized by misfolded proteins embedded in cells. Researchers found that the type of brain cell afflicted dictates which pathological form...

The new research opens the door to studying common brain conditions such as autism, schizophrenia, addiction and Alzheimer's disease under reproducible conditions in a dish.

Stopping drinking for just one month is enough to dramatically lower the levels of hormone-like chemicals in your blood that help cancer to develop and spread

When viewing OCD related images, those with the disorder had increased distress and higher levels of activity in emotion related brain regions than their siblings who did not suffer from OCD, researchers report.

One species of pseudoscorpion has learned to work together to bring down prey larger than themselves - and when they make a kill they make sure the food is shared equitably

According to researchers, infants prefer the sounds of other babies over the voices of adults. Researchers found 5 month old babies spend 40% longer listening to sounds of other babies than adult vocalizations of the sam...

"The only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing." -Peter Diamandis Many of today's biggest companies will no longer exist in 10 years. Why? Because rapidly emerging new technologies will make the probl...

A new result from the Q-weak experiment at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility provides a precision test of the weak force, one of four fundamental forces in nature. This result, pub...

NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory will allow physicists to play with quantum phenomena like never before --